Looking back at Shelbourne Towers

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Interior demolition work has begun on Shelbourne Towers on the University of Tennessee campus, seen here on Wednesday. The U-shaped building was one of the largest apartment buildings in Knoxville when it was built in 1951. Purchased by the University of Tennessee in 2010, the building is being torn down to make way for new student housing.

Arthur Seymour

2012 Knoxville News Sentinel

Victor Ashe

Typical of an early 1950s building, the old Shelbourne Towers apartment building on the University of Tennessee campus — where preliminary interior demolition work recently began — has few notable architectural details other than unique windows.